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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Mosaic Monday: Red Roses

First of all, my apologies for not getting this post up by 3:00 pm. After just having promised to do so last week, I had a bit of an emergency here today. I dropped my cell phone this morning, and cracked the screen. I have jury duty tomorrow, so I needed to go replace my phone this afternoon. :)

I've got some red roses for you today. My birthday was this past Friday, and I bought them for myself at the supermarket. You buy yourself flowers once in awhile, right? My husband actually got me some beautiful pink and purple tulips, but when I saw these roses on Thursday, I knew I had to have them, if only just to photograph them! It's been a little snowy and beastly cold here this week. Red roses were definitely in order. ;)

I find that red roses are difficult to photograph using my camera's built-in metering. Especially when in a low light situation, they come out way too over-exposed. This is what I love my light meter for. If you're serious about photography, consider getting a light meter. It's awesome for getting the correct exposure in portraits, too. This is the light meter I use. All of these photos are SOOC -- meaning straight out of the camera. They didn't need any adjustment to exposure, or any other edit.

I wanted to leave you a link to the templates I used for this post as well. They were free from Eva Ricci's website. You can find them here. I turned off several layers that I didn't want, and added my own text.

My love is like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June :

My love is like the melody

That’s sweetly played in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

So deep in love am I :

And I will love thee still, my dear,

Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi’ the sun :

And I will love thee still, my dear,

While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only love,

And fare thee weel a while !

And I will come again, my love,

Thou’ it were ten thousand mile.

I happened to be reading a romance novel set in Scotland at the moment, and so I felt like a little Robert Burns... Think of it as an early Valentine's Day gift. ;)

Here are the instructions to join today's post:1. Publish your Mosaic Monday post. The post may be about any subject you wish. The only stipulation is that it include a collage, or mosaic of photos.2. Once it is published, click on the title of the post. This will lead you to the static link for your post. The static link is the page with only that post on it. Copy the url from your browser at the top of the page.3. Paste the url into the appropriate inlinkz box in this post.4. Type your name in the appropriate inlinkz box in this post.5. Click on "Enter."6. Please link back to this Mosaic Monday post so that your readers can find other wonderful mosaics.

That's all there is to it! It's always a good idea to then check and see if your link is working. If you have any questions, feel free to email me: mrcarroll(at)optonline.net

And a quick reminder: if you would like to join Mosaic Monday but don't know quite where to start, there is a tutorial on mosaic-making on my sidebar. Just scroll down, and click on the small blue mosaic.

36 comments:

Happy Birthday, Mary! I hope you had a great day. Your roses are gorgeous. I do love to buy flowers for myself and the house. Flowers brighten up any room. Thanks for hosting and I wish you a happy week ahead.

You did what my daughter did a couple of days ago - she dropped and shattered the screen on her phone also. Thanks for sharing your beautiful roses. Yes, I do buy flowers for myself on occasion. :D Thanks bunches for hosting again this week - appreciate you.Have a great week.

Belated birthday wishes Mary, the roses are gorgeous. I know what you mean trying to photograph such a deep crimson colour and I have no where the experience you have. Flowers from the grocery store have a habit of finding their way into my cart quite often.Judith

A belated Happy Birthday, Mary! Hope you had a marvelous day.I did the same with white roses - I never had white before, and 6 were only $2.49 at Aldi week before last. Blooms are so lovely, aren't they?

Happy birthday to you Mary! Yes I agree, we should buy ourselves flowers sometimes. It is interesting what you say about photographing red roses and over exposure. As this happens to me too whenever I try to photograph red roses. I might have to look into this light meter - as your photos of the red roses are superb. I particularly like the one on the open book. Gorgeous light. I am about to do a photography course, so I will ask them about it.

Hey Mary Thanks for sharing your wonderful post!!! I liked it so much that it reminded me of my beautiful sweetheart. Your words "My love is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June" are very much suitable for her. However for me she is like one of the most beautiful Valentine Day Flowers that gives me great feel of affection. Truly amazing !!!!

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